All 4 Uses of
function
in
Childhood's End
- The little horns (what function did they serve? wondered George) were as per specification, but the body was neither like that of a man nor of any animal Earth had ever known.†
Chpt 7
- Supporting such parasites was considerably less of a burden than providing the armies of ticket-collectors, shop assistants, bank clerks, stockbrokers and so forth whose main function, when one took the global point of view, was to transfer items from one ledger to another.†
Chpt 10
- Only the vital industries continued to function.†
Chpt 19 *
- The architecture of the Overlords was bleakly functional: Jan saw no ornaments, nothing that did not serve a purpose, even though that purpose was often beyond his understanding.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(function as in: Its main function is to...) purpose, job, or natural activity